Sylvia Day is the #1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 international bestselling author of over 20 award-winning novels sold in more than 40 countries. She is a #1 bestselling author in 28 countries, and a reader favorite across several genres, with tens of millions of copies of her books in print. Her Jax & Gia series has been optioned for film adaptation. She has been nominated for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award twice. Sylvia has been featured by the Associated Press, USA Today, People, the Evening Standard, Time, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, the Wall Street Journal and many international editions of Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. She has been a trivia question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Jeopardy!. Sylvia served as the 22nd President of Romance Writers of America and presently serves on the Authors Guild's Board of Directors. Visit her website at www.sylviaday.com

SKILLS

Writing

Fiction writing

GENRES & SPECIALTIES

General fiction
Romance

Fantasy/science fiction

MOST RECENT PROJECTS

2014:

- Sylvia Day's BLACKLIST duology of contemporary adult novels, following the passionate and tempestuous relationship between two young lovers challenged by old betrayals and new mistakes, to Jennifer Enderlin and Sally Richardson at St. Martin's, in a major deal, in an eight-figure deal, for publication beginning in 2015, and again to Alex Clarke and Tom Weldon at Penguin UK, in a major deal, in a seven-figure deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group.

2013:

- Sylvia Day's NYT bestselling CROSSFIRE series, following the tumultuous relationship between the emotionally damaged Eva and Gideon, optioned to Lionsgate Television, with Chris Selak overseeing development for the studio, with Jeremy Bolt at Impact Pictures and Stephanie A. Johnson at Clover Entertainment producing, by Jon Cassir at CAA, on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. (August 2013)

- Sylvia Day's next two Crossfire novels, again to Cindy Hwang at Penguin, in a major deal, in an eight-figure deal, and again to Alex Clarke and Tom Weldon at Penguin UK, in a major deal, for seven figures, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. (June 2013)

- Sylvia Day's paranormal novella, continuing the darkly sensual romance between a powerful warlock and his beloved familiar to be published in paperback with the previous series installments, again to Erika Tsang at William Morrow, in a major deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. (April 2013)

- Sylvia Day's two contemporary novellas AFTERBURN and its follow-up, AFTERSHOCK, in which a recent graduate enters a world of glamour, sex and privilege when she starts working for a powerful businesswoman, to Ann Leslie Tuttle and Dianne Moggy at Harlequin in conjunction with Hearst Communications, launching the Cosmo Red Hot Reads series, in a major deal, for seven figures, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. (March 2013)